Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

Thank you to everyone who has provided insight on this process. I've learned a lot.

I have decided i'm going to check out... I wasn't really part of the application process and then as time drew closer to potential acceptance I started seeking out what little information I could get. All it's done is driven me crazy. The crazy obsessed parent I've become is not me. He takes care of his own business - I'm just here as a supporting role and now I know why - if I nit-picked everything he did -I would have gone nuts a long time ago. We've raised a smart capable child and that's all we can do, in a few short months time he will be on his own and I have to know that in my heart he can do this, whatever path it turns out to be.

If he gets in, he gets in. There is nothing I can do about it.

My sincerest thank you's
 
CristalLee said:
Thank you to everyone who has provided insight on this process. I've learned a lot.

I have decided i'm going to check out... I wasn't really part of the application process and then as time drew closer to potential acceptance I started seeking out what little information I could get. All it's done is driven me crazy. The crazy obsessed parent I've become is not me. He takes care of his own business - I'm just here as a supporting role and now I know why - if I nit-picked everything he did -I would have gone nuts a long time ago. We've raised a smart capable child and that's all we can do, in a few short months time he will be on his own and I have to know that in my heart he can do this, whatever path it turns out to be.

If he gets in, he gets in. There is nothing I can do about it.

My sincerest thank you's
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CristalLee, Best wishes to both you and your DS. We'll still be here, if ever you have a need. I am quite sure you have done an amazing job raising your child and that he is an amazing young man. The reason it is driving you nuts is that you are now in a position where you have absolutely no control over what happens, and also that you love him in a way that no one who does not have children can begin to comprehend. When you love someone that much, that way, you want to do EVERY thing possible thing to protect them and promote them to a happy life, and having no control is utterly frustrating. This is completely normal and all of us feel for you, having been there and done that, or ARE there and ARE still doing it......
 
Very best wishes to you and your DS. Be sure to come back if you're blessed with a BFE.
 
2bornot2b said:
CristalLee, Best wishes to both you and your DS. We'll still be here, if ever you have a need. I am quite sure you have done an amazing job raising your child and that he is an amazing young man. The reason it is driving you nuts is that you are now in a position where you have absolutely no control over what happens, and also that you love him in a way that no one who does not have children can begin to comprehend. When you love someone that much, that way, you want to do EVERY thing possible thing to protect them and promote them to a happy life, and having no control is utterly frustrating. This is completely normal and all of us feel for you, having been there and done that, or ARE there and ARE still doing it......
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You've described every parent following this thread to perfection. I've never felt more frustrated and only once felt more helpless as I do now. The only time I felt more helpless was when DS was born and spent nearly three weeks in the NICU.

As hard as that was, I knew it was out of my hand and had to trust in our faith, knowing that things would be as they should be in the end. I'm trying, desperately, to do the same thing now as we await news of the BFE or the TWE. Although, I do admit that with each day it becomes harder to be patient.

Parents outside of this forum have no idea how we feel.
 
Just a little longer! Or, as the guy with the sandwich board and the bell in Times Square is always yelling - "The END is NIGH!!!!"


Better Be huh?

Best, Good Luck, and I recommend a glass of a French Hydroxide group...

:biggrin:
 
ncmom26 said:
You've described every parent following this thread to perfection. I've never felt more frustrated and only once felt more helpless as I do now. The only time I felt more helpless was when DS was born and spent nearly three weeks in the NICU.

As hard as that was, I knew it was out of my hand and had to trust in our faith, knowing that things would be as they should be in the end. I'm trying, desperately, to do the same thing now as we await news of the BFE or the TWE. Although, I do admit that with each day it becomes harder to be patient.

Parents outside of this forum have no idea how we feel.
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Look on the bright side: Every day brings us all closer to knowing!
 
ncmom26 said:
As hard as that was, I knew it was out of my hand and had to trust in our faith, knowing that things would be as they should be in the end. I'm trying, desperately, to do the same thing now as we await news of the BFE or the TWE. Although, I do admit that with each day it becomes harder to be patient.
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Welcome to the military!

As hard as this feels right now, come a few yrs from now, be it AFA or AFROTC this will be an emotional cake walk.

The reason is simple of why.

Right now he will go somewhere, and AF will be his future, but in 2-3 yrs from now it will be about their careers. You will relive this again, and you will be living with that trust in Fate or Faith or both!

You will go through it again when they are AD at UPT for assignment night.

You will go through it again when they are up for O4 boards.

Each time the fear will ratchet up because the costs are higher now in every aspect.

If you want to keep yourself sane for their entire career, just keep remembering you must BELIEVE what will be will be.
 
Humor is the best medicine. Thanks to all those of you whose posts give me reason to smile or LOL. It's a real pressure reliever! After all, the reason I'm on this forum is that there is very literally nothing I can do. By being on this forum I at least feel like I'm doing something. Plus this is a great resource for information to share with DS. Like, getting info on "slouching" so DS can get in the cockpit of a fighter plane, LOL...:shake:
 
Prof another reason many stick around is because even your family or friends with kids the same age look at you as you're insane when you tell them come summer they will only be home for a few weeks and after that they must report to....

Here otoh take it as just another day in the salt mine!
 
Pima said:
Prof another reason many stick around is because even your family or friends with kids the same age look at you as you're insane when you tell them come summer they will only be home for a few weeks and after that they must report to....

Here otoh take it as just another day in the salt mine!
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It's good to be able to "talk" with others who understand what we're all going through together. I don't talk too much to DS about it, it's his to do, not mine or DW's. And I don't want to add to his stress about it by sharing my frustration and stress about waiting for his BFE (or TWE :thumbdown: ). DW is stressing more than I am, so I don't talk to her much about it with her either. I try to be more of a "calming" influence.

Even before DS got the USNA appt, I knew that DS will be very successful in whatever he chooses to do, and wherever he chooses to go. Like the other candidates here, he is just an incredibly awesome young adult! When I watch some of the things he does I'm humbled. The tables have turned, I want to be more like him, mostly in how he treats other people. He sees opportunities to help people that I sometimes miss. And, as a fiercely patriotic person I know he'll be such a great asset to our country. He made this choice on his own, he is also fiercely patriotic, and this choice he's made is also a reason that I respect him so highly and am proud of the man he has become...

I know that all of you feel the same about your DS or DD. I hope that everyone knows that if your kids are good enough to be qualified candidates, getting a TWE will not stop them at all. It's a "bump in the road." Nothing will stop them being successful in whatever they choose to do. They're pretty awesome young men and women.
 
profsparrow said:
It's good to be able to "talk" with others who understand what we're all going through together. I don't talk too much to DS about it, it's his to do, not mine or DW's. And I don't want to add to his stress about it by sharing my frustration and stress about waiting for his BFE (or TWE :thumbdown: ). DW is stressing more than I am, so I don't talk to her much about it with her either. I try to be more of a "calming" influence.

Even before DS got the USNA appt, I knew that DS will be very successful in whatever he chooses to do, and wherever he chooses to go. Like the other candidates here, he is just an incredibly awesome young adult! When I watch some of the things he does I'm humbled. The tables have turned, I want to be more like him, mostly in how he treats other people. He sees opportunities to help people that I sometimes miss. And, as a fiercely patriotic person I know he'll be such a great asset to our country. He made this choice on his own, he is also fiercely patriotic, and this choice he's made is also a reason that I respect him so highly and am proud of the man he has become...

I know that all of you feel the same about your DS or DD. I hope that everyone knows that if your kids are good enough to be qualified candidates, getting a TWE will not stop them at all. It's a "bump in the road." Nothing will stop them being successful in whatever they choose to do. They're pretty awesome young men and women.
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I need to print this out and chant it to myself every morning!:wink:

I know my DS, who is currently doing so well in the AF, will be successful no matter what.

But, I have been on the edge of my seat since March 1st. I'm glad he's not at home, to see how stressed I have been.

Like I said, I need to chant the above to myself, daily. :smile:
 
Yesterday, there was a large white envelope laying face down under the pile of mail. My DD got all excited and then swore when she turned it over and saw it was just mail for my wife. Today, I opened a fortune cookie at lunch that read "good news will come to you from far away". As we live in Pennsylvania, I am hoping that would be in the form of a BFE. At this stage of the game, we'll take any signs of good news we can get.
 
MStan, I am a new "poster" so please be patient with me LOL! Where is West Lawn? We are from (near Beaver) PA.
 
..quiet out there....

I suspect Pima is right. Using her math, I estimate that maybe 250 offers of appointment have been sent out to date.

"respective candidate appointment information will not be provided until the later part of March and final notifications will not be completed until the first week of April. (copied from the Application Page)"

This means that we can likely expect around 800 offers of appointment in the next 4 weeks. If Pima's math holds true, and if the offer numbers are more or less evenly distributed, that means around 200 per week, approx. 20 of which will be posted on this forum. Big change, just around the corner.

Hang in there, fellow Stalkers! We are getting closer and closer!
 
I know that patience is a virtue, and I am doing my best.. but it's so stressful. I didn't really start to freak out until a couple of days ago, seniors at our school got graduation stuff this week and I realized that I don't know where I am going next year, and considered how hard I've worked towards this goal... I keep having dreams about all of this too! It just drives me crazy when people say "what good does worrying do?" It's not like i worry on purpose, haha! Just trying my best to keep my mind off of it. Luckily next week I'll be busy!
 
Ok... DH just called and looks like there is a TWE awaiting our DS on the countertop. At least he got a QNS letter last year so its dissapointing but DS has a 4 years scholarship for Army and is doing well at school... hope everyone else has better luck in todays mail!
 
3/5/12 - (Naval Academy)

"Dean Latta, the dean of admissions, noted a significant increase in the number of students who already have indicated they will attend. The academy has offered admission to 1,021 students, and 369 students already have accepted. That compares to 268 students last year. For female students, 101 have said they will attend, compared to 60 at this time last year. Among minority students, 102 indicated they will attend, compared to 71 last year."

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/ne...Academy-applications-on-track-for-record.html

I know I said I was stepping back - unfortunately that just lead me to snoop around the internet for other tidbits... (SMH)

All - your support means everything to me (the private messages too). I just need to occupy myself with other stuff - rather than obsessing... Like check maybe once a day instead of several times a day - i'm proud of myself staying away for almost 24 hours... and I took the bookmark off my browser, just too tempting to tap that button and take a look.

So having said all that - what do you all think about that Naval Academy article?
 
http://www.usafa.edu/superintendent/diversityoffice/index.cfm?catname=diversity

Interesting to know how many recruited athletes there are. Too bad American's don't value soccer like European's do. (Soccer is our sport - LOVE soccer).

To my math that means it leaves 1050-260 = 790 slots

of those 790 left there are approx 535 from MOC leaving = 255 from national pool?

Out of say 5350 (if each MOC nom's 10) and 790 have an appt - there are 4560 in the Nat'l pool - hoping for one of 255 appt left?

Like I said - too much time on my hands... Ugh.

I'd love to hear your theories...
 
jagabiti said:
Ok... DH just called and looks like there is a TWE awaiting our DS on the countertop. At least he got a QNS letter last year so its dissapointing but DS has a 4 years scholarship for Army and is doing well at school... hope everyone else has better luck in todays mail!
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My heart goes out to you.
 
MStan said:
Yesterday, there was a large white envelope laying face down under the pile of mail. My DD got all excited and then swore when she turned it over and saw it was just mail for my wife. Today, I opened a fortune cookie at lunch that read "good news will come to you from far away". As we live in Pennsylvania, I am hoping that would be in the form of a BFE. At this stage of the game, we'll take any signs of good news we can get.
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My DD came home today to find an acceptance letter from SUNY Maritime (New York). Although that is good news, she is not counting it towards the fortune cookie message because she doesn't consider NY to be far away enough and the message didn't specify today. LOL
 
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